Discussion for article #227725
Maybe we could now coax Lindsey out from the closet he hides in when scared, or when questioned about his manhood…
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And while you’re at it question the Drone King about his sanity.
Imagine the howls of anger that would be emanating from this web site if Vladimir Putin announced he was conducting airstrikes in Ukraine to degrade and destroy the terrorists in Kiev claiming it was legal under the Russian Constitution and a Russian AUMF. Demands that he be dragged to the Hague to face war crimes charges would be numerous and endless from TPM’ers.
However, when Obama claims the authority to conduct bombing operations in the sovereign nation of Syria in violation of the UN Charter, Kellogg Briand Pact and the Constitution TPM’ers are largely silent.
Apparently Democrats buy into American Exceptionalism every bit as much as Republicans bought into it when Bush was President. (Remember when you mercilessly – and rightly – ridiculed the simpleton Bush lovin’ Republicans for their support of illegal war?)
Clearly Democrats and Republicans are united in their belief that the President has nearly unlimited powers during a time of “war” and that these powers allow him to supersede the Constitution and the International Laws of war of which respect for the sovereignty of nations is its centerpiece.
Tell me how we’re supposed to maintain a functioning democracy, our civil liberties and a stable economy when both political parties empower the president to drag us off to war whenever he/she chooses in clear violation of the rule of law?
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Am I understanding this correctly…“so help me if you fight back when we attack you”? That sounds positively…Israeli!